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Description
27" (69 cm.) Paper mache shoulderhead with plump rounded face and chin, black sculpted hair with deeply-impressed combmarks formed into short uniform finger curls, painted dark eyes, upper lashes, feathered brows, rounded nose with defined nostrils, closed mouth, muslin stitch-jointed body, leather arms, antique costume. Condition: generally excellent, light craquelure on original complexion. Marks: Patent Head. Comments: American, circa 1865. Value Points: endearing child model with original finish, maker's mark.